Dunnamore

Dunnamore, formerly spelt Donamore (from Irish: Domhnach Mór, meaning "great church"),[1][2] is a village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

This article is about Dunnamore, Cookstown, Tyrone. For the place near Dungannon, Tyrone, see Donaghmore, County Tyrone.

A neolithic/bronze age wedge tomb, Dunnamore wedge tomb (de:Wedge Tomb von Dunnamore), known colloquially as "Dermot and Grania's Bed", is located about two miles from the village centre.

Dunnamore is near the main A505 road between Omagh and Cookstown. It is in the Mid Ulster District Council area (and before 2015 was under Cookstown District Council).

References
  1. "Placenames NI". Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  2. Placenames Database of Ireland

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